REFLECTION on Nursing Handover I have decided to reflect upon the first time I did a nursing handover. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2004) Code of professional conduct‚ confidentiality shall be maintained and the patient’s name is changed to protect indentity. Reflective writing is considered a key component of portfolio assessment because it provides evidence of skills development and increasing clinical competence (Smith 2005). What is reflection? Reflection is defined
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For the hospital reflection journal‚ I chose to discuss my experience in the place I could perceive myself working in during my nursing career – the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). My NICU hospital experience occurred on Sunday‚ March 26‚ 2017 at the Honor Health Scottsdale Shea center. My nurse and I were assigned to two premature infants – a 4-week-old female and an 8-week-old male. The infant I decided to do my assignment on was the 4-week-old female. She was born on 02/20/2017 at 25 weeks
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Community Health Advocacy Project - Part two Tonya Krell Phoenix June 28‚ 2014 Community Health Advocacy Project - Part two The aspects of community and aggregate are closely connected and people tend to use the terms interchangeably. The best way to explain the difference between the two concepts is by examples to differentiate and get a clearer understanding of the difference between the two concepts. This paper will define aggregate and community giving a brief support from current literature
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Reflection The incident that I am going to reflect had happed during my nursing studies. I was posted in a busy emergency care (EC). My role was to observe and assist a RN. Ms. X came to EC with severe abdominal pain. After the initial assessment Doctor ordered a list of blood tests. I accompanied RN to observe blood sampling procedure. Ms. X was clearly not cooperating for the procedure and was screaming. I helped to position the patient with the help of family members so that the RN could carry
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reflective essay based on my attendance at a multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting whilst on my two-week placement at a local mental health day hospital. The aim of this essay is to discuss the importance of the multidisciplinary team within the mental health environment and discuss factors that can influence the success or failure of multidisciplinary teams. Mental health teams generally comprise of psychiatrists‚ clinical psychologists‚ nurses‚ occupational therapists and social workers‚ but other
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Public and Community HealthTanyale BellHCS/457October 27‚ 2014 Rebecca BrownPublic and Community HealthIn today’s 21 century there are many national‚ state‚ local government‚ and health agencies with large amount of information that reflects on teenage pregnancy. For a long time teenage pregnancy has been a number one issue in the United States. Within‚ my paper you’ll find actually facts showing on how the information overlap‚ the type of structure you see at each levels of government‚ what functions
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work with other members of the healthcare team and provide their patients with the best care possible. This is why associate degree nurses need to “provide leadership in a variety of healthcare settings to diverse patient populations” (Ivy Tech Community College). According to Asamani‚ Naab‚ and Ansah (2016)‚ there is a dire need for nurses that are capable of leading both themselves and others in patient care. Part of this could possibly be due to the overall need for nurses in general; however
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Community Health Strategies Nursing /405 June 25‚ 2010 Community Health Strategies Alcohol abuse and alcoholism affects every gender‚ race‚ and nationality. Abuse of alcohol is a major cause of preventable deaths associated with violence‚ motor vehicle crashes‚ homicides‚ suicides‚ and is a leading cause of death among youth (Ringold‚ 2006). According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA)‚ (2010)‚ approximately 17.6 million people in the United States (about one in every 12
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REFLECTIVE JOURNAL As a second year nursing student I felt mixed emotions of excitement and anxiety when I was thinking about my upcoming clinical placement because even though I have been working as a patient care assistant at Royal Darwin Hospital for a year and had already undergone clinical teaching block for one week . The responsibility of being a nurse is big and much complex than my current job [1.2 Fulfils the duty of care] especially when handling assigned patients. Thus‚ need to have
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Health Promotion in Primary‚ Secondary‚ and Tertiary Care Nursing Monica V. Poehner Grand Canyon University: Family Centered Health Promotion November 10‚ 2013 Health Promotion in Primary‚ Secondary‚ and Tertiary Care Nursing Among the many aspects of nursing care‚ health promotion as become one of the largest and most important. As health and illness has evolved‚ the need for education and prevention has greatly increased. Standing at the forefront in multiple settings
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